---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Barrett Management District to finance an improvement project or service."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Barrett Management District to finance an improvement project or service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 4604"
citation: "Texas HB 4604 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BARRETT MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (D1294)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-30"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a416c19-f72f-4207-b341-70c92baf457b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04600_HB04699/HB 4604.xml"
source_hash: "fb410044708269b86f4d098e2f95fb6a5db3d286fcfc1ed6772c7ff11a0149b0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 4604 (87) — Relating to the authority of the Barrett Management District to finance an improvement project or service.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04604I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04604E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04604H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04604S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04604F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **94–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-30** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to the Governor
- **2021-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-21** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-28** Recommendations filed with the Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-18** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a416c19-f72f-4207-b341-70c92baf457b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).